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Im going to turn it over to governor polis now. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff pelly. just moments ago we did afternoon aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to the natural. we were able to to it in the brief bip before the snow and how grateful we had the snow has started. some areas we were locking at the neighborhood level devastation. the sheriff indicated that pause of the nature of the fire spread by gusts of up to 105 miles per hour, it would spread otherary house, very unusual burn patt...

Im going to turn it over to the governor. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff. moments ago we did an aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to colorado national guard of the areas impacted. we were able to do it in the brief window before the snow and how grateful we are that the snow has started. there were still some areas with active flames, mostly looking at the neighborhood level devastation. as the sheriff indicated, theres neighborhoods where because of the nature of the fire spread by gusts o...

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1600 acres have been damaged and so far, no fertility is have been reported. although we heard an official saying that the intensity official saying that the intensity of the fire and its presence in such a heavily populated area, and urban fire is how its been described, he said we wouldnt be surprised if there are injuries and fatalities. its been driven primarily by the wind, up to 500 homes destroyed. people have been evacuated. water supplies have been compromised, power lines are down as w...

Trainer and she saw smoke and we ran outside and thankfully our advantage point, we could see approximately where it had started. we live kind of on the top of a ridge, a mesa in lewisville. the smoke was pretty incredible. it was moving fast. the winds were quite strong at that point. so, we knew that it wasnt good. yeah, weve heard the sheriff say it was a really unusual burn pattern. have you ever seen anything like this? have you ever experienced past wildfires? i havent specifically. i have...

D.c. any time -- >> when you say d.c. you mean the white house? >> right. its close to that. so theyre going to be called in to look at whatever possibilities this may have if any, towards anything federal. the potential for organized crime based on the fact what this guy might have been involved with as far as his company. but really i think the thing is it was apparent they used accelerants to keep the fire going in the house and to have it spread quickly. the atf is really the experts in that...

For days after the fire, investigators combed through the scorched rubble for evidence of how the deadly blaze ignited. >> what the fire investigators saw when they first arrived is fire from the floor to the ceiling, charring on the floor. >> looking for so-called arson indicators, they search for any signs that the fire was intentionally set. soon, they find one. a dark outline that snakes through the length of the house. >> there was what we call a burn pattern in the house. which they did fi...

Wrapped back around it somewhat? >> potentially if it was wrapped around it. >> correct. >> yes. >> as a matter of fact, any configuration that suggest something other than flat would have shown some different burning from the way the flame would have bounced around, correct? >> in terms of farther or way or closer? >> no. if it was in contact pushed in to the extent it folded the fabric around it. that would have shown a different type of burn pattern, correct? >> potentially if the sweatshirt ...

Around it. >> correct. >> yes. >> as a matter of fact, any configuration that suggests something other than than flat, would have shown some different stippling potential or burning from the way flame would have bounced around it, correct? >> in terms of farther away or closer? >> no. if it was in contact. >> okay. >> pushed in, to the extent that it folded the fabric around it, that would have shown a different type of burn pattern, potentially, correct? >> potentially if the sweatshirt had gon...

Push it into the shirt where the shirt would fold around it, was there? >> no, it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> if it was in contact -- >> okay. >> pushed in to the extent that it folded the fabric around it, that wouldve shown a different type of burn pattern potentially, correct? >> potentially if the sweatshirt had gone over the top of the ejection port area, there would possibly be marks from that, but otherwise whether it was lightly touching or pressed in, it w...